Lowell Field and Nate Wilcox:

These Virginia-based authors and political consultants were pioneers in the Netroots movement fusing the Internet and politics, and chronicled their work and the work of colleagues in Netroots Rising. We coordinated a PR campaign for the authors that included coverage in the Austin American-Statesman (a front-page print story plus a live chat with Wilcox), KUT-FM (NPR-Austin), KERA-FM (NPR-Dallas), KLIF-AM (Cumulus-Dallas), and XM Radio.

Terrell Blodgett:

This University of Texas at Austin professor emeritus in public affairs published a comprehensive history of Texas Governor and Baylor President Pat Neff – a project started by his wife and fellow UT professor Dorothy Blodgett, who passed away before the book was completed.

In addition to a statewide media campaign resulting in coverage from the Austin American-Statesman, Beaumont Enterprise, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, San Antonio Current, San Antonio Express-News, KSTX-FM (NPR-San Antonio), KVII-TV (ABC-Amarillo) and a number of smaller publications, we executed event planning for readings in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio, coordinated the writing and production of marketing materials for the book, and helped coordinate book distribution.

Home Place Publishers Website

Pace Foods:

During a three-year campaign (while working with San Antonio-based Dublin & Associates, Pace's agency of record), we generated 70 million media impressions for Pace Foods via spearheading and supporting media relations efforts for the Tom Perini media tour. Perini, a famed cowboy cook from Buffalo Gap, Texas, has worked in partnership with Pace to help preserve the heritage and tradition of chuck wagon cooking. The ongoing media tour has taken Perini to numerous media markets in the Western U.S., including Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Denver, and Seattle, where we’ve generated considerable coverage from an array of major metro daily food editors and local television news programs.

Girlstart:

This Austin-based non-profit educational organization specializes in empowering girls with math, science, and technology education.

Our latest media relations campaign for Girlstart included publicity on its programming and other educational initiatives. Largely focused on Austin media, the campaign generated coverage from the Austin American-Statesman, Austin Business Journal, Ahora Si, Orange Magazine, KEYE-TV (CBS-Austin), KVUE-TV (ABC-Austin), KTBC-TV (Fox-Austin), KUT-FM (NPR-Austin), News 8 Austin (Time Warner Cable-Austin), as well as from the San Antonio Business Journal.

We also have contributed writing and planning support in Girlstart's outreach efforts to supporters and potential supporters.

Girlstart Website

Keith Bowden:

This Laredo-based author—who chronicled his journey down the entire 1260-mile length of the Rio Grande in The Tecate Journals—sought PR support for his February 2008 reading in Austin. We were able to help him deliver a well-attended and well-covered book event, filmed by Book TV/C-Span, written about by the Austin American-Statesman, and covered by KUT-FM and KOOP-FM. We were then retained to help with Houston book coverage for a May 2008 event which included coverage from the Houston Press.

Barbara Trepagnier:

This Texas State University sociology professor explored racism, as exhibited by what she labeled "well-meaning white people," in her book Silent Racism. Our media campaign resulted in coverage from KERA-FM (NPR-Dallas), KSTX-FM (NPR-San Antonio), KUHF-FM (NPR-Houston), KUT-FM (NPR-Austin), the Austin-American Statesman, Austin Woman, San Antonio Current, and Austinist.

Silent Racism Web Site

Babble Soft:

This Austin-based software company is dedicated to making parents’ lives easier through innovative and intuitively designed software, including Baby Insights, a superior alternative to pen and paper for organizing crucial information about feedings, diaper changes, and medicine doses, and Baby Say Cheese, which organizes photos and family tree info.

The campaign for Babble Soft has included media relations work, writing, social media outreach, and marketing consultation. Media coverage on the company has included Fortune’s “The Browser” blog (on the CNNMoney website), WFAA-TV (ABC-Dallas/Fort Worth), KTBC-TV (FOX-Austin), the Austin-American Statesman, the Baltimore Sun, the Contra Costa Times, and a number of smaller papers around the nation. We also secured a full-page profile of founder Aruni Gunasegaram in the Austin Business Journal.

Babble Soft Website

Everything to Everybody:

We executed an Austin-exclusive media campaign for this concierge service, which resulted in feature stories on KEYE-TV (CBS-Austin), the Austin American-Statesman, the Austin Business Journal, and Rare.

Susan Philips/Shalanda Augillard:

Philips, an Austin-based lawyer, represented New Orleans-based dog owner Shalanda Augillard in an attempt to win back custody of her dog Jazz. The dog was "rescued" during Hurricane Katrina, taken to Texas, and given to a Hays County woman who still has the dog. In June 2007, despite DNA evidence demonstrating that the cocker spaniel was Aguillard's dog, the judge did not allow the dog to be returned to Aguillard. We have been working as part of a public relations team, including both traditional and social media outreach, in the ongoing legal battle to reunite Jazz and Augillard. Coverage to date includes a feature in the New Orleans Times-Picayune and an interview on top-rated New Orleans news-talk station WRNO-FM (99.5 FM).

Bill Crawford:

We coordinated a PR campaign for the Austin author's panel and exhibit at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, commemorating the 25th anniversary of lethal injection in the United States. The event was part of Crawford's ongoing campaign to raise awareness of and advance discussion about capital punishment. Our campaign around the event resulted in coverage from KUHF-FM (NPR-Houston), KSTX-FM (NPR-San Antonio), the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Huntsville Item.

Slam Planet: War of the Words:

We were brought on to publicize the world premiere of this groundbreaking, full-length documentary, highlighting the rise of slam poetry as an unique and vibrant art form, at the 2006 South By Southwest Film Festival. The national, regional, and local campaign, targeted to film press and Austin media, resulted in positive coverage from the Austin American-Statesman, Austin Chronicle, Film Festival Channel, Film Threat, and a number of online media outlets geared toward independent film coverage. The movie won an audience award in its category at SXSW.

Lost in Woonsocket:

We worked on publicity for the 2007 South By Southwest Film Festival world premiere of this moving and compelling full-length documentary from filmmaker John Chester. The national, regional, and local campaign, targeted to film press and Austin media, resulted in positive coverage from the Austin Chronicle, Austin Movie Show, Dallas Morning News, and docsthatinspire.com.

Steve Bickerstaff:

We spearheaded publicity efforts around the University of Texas at Austin law professor's Lines in the Sand, a comprehensive book detailing the 2003 Texas redistricting imbroglio, released by UT Press in February 2007. The campaign included generating coverage for a day-long symposium at the UT Law School on the book, coordinating book events in Austin and San Antonio, coordinating an interview for podcast release, and coordinating a press event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Results from the campaign included positive reviews and articles in Roll Call, the Texas Observer, the San Antonio Express-News, the Austin American-Statesman, and the Austin Chronicle, as well as Fox News Radio and Pacifica News coverage.

Wright Strategies:

For this dynamic Austin and Portland-based marketing and website design company, we have designed media relations campaigns around the company's diverse projects -- particularly the company's Gamebrander division. Our campaign around its pioneering work in advergaming has resulted in coverage from the Austin American-Statesman, the Boston Globe, the Detroit Free Press, and the San Antonio Express-News.